Aug 31, 2011

Shredded zucchini, garlic and mozzarella cheese rolled in chicken cutlets, then dipped in oil and fresh lemon juice, breaded and baked to perfection!

A wonderful way to use up end of summer zucchini and your family will love this, even the non-vegetable lovers!!

I've listed the nutritional info for one, I first made this last week without photos and enjoyed one with a side of rice and vegetables and I felt very satisfied. Today I remade this for lunch and had a hard time finishing two with a fresh garden salad on the side.

Wash and dry cutlets, season with salt and pepper. Preheat oven to 450°. Lightly spray a baking dish with non-stick spray.

In a large skillet, heat oil on medium-high heat. When hot saute the garlic 1 minute, or until golden. Add zucchini, 1/4 cup Romano cheese, salt and pepper and saute about 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool. When cool, add mozzarella cheese and mix to combine.

Lay chicken cutlets down on a working surface and spread 3 tbsp of zucchini-cheese mixture on each cutlet. Loosely roll each one and keep seam side down.

Combine breadcrumbs and remaining 2 tbsp of Romano cheese in one bowl; in a second bowl combine olive oil, lemon juice, and pepper.

Dip chicken in lemon-oil mixture, then in breadcrumbs and place seam side down in a baking dish (no toothpicks needed). Repeat with the remaining chicken. When finished, lightly spraywith oil spray.

Bake 25 - 30 minutes. Serve immediately. Serving size is listed as one, but if you are having this as a low carb meal with a salad, I suggest you have two.

This looks really good.I would probably use broccoli instead of the zucchini since my family is not a fan of it. You could also change up the cheese and use a lower fat cheddar instead of the mozzarella.

Gina this is just what I was looking for!! I have been searching on my phone browser for chicken ideas. Any thoughts of creating an IPhone App for your site? It would be a great time saver. Thanks for the amazing recipes!

I'm making this tonight! I stumbled onto your blog via a facebook post and I've been making the recipes ever since. I'm not even on WW...but healthier is always better, and your recipes are delicious! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for posting this on FB! I had all the ingredients so tried it tonight for dinner... and it was DIVINE! THANK YOU!! Definitely a keeper. Love that you have these great recipes for us WW chicks!!!

Instead of using breadcrumbs or flour to dredge chicken in, I have been using Garbanzo Bean flour. It has 6 G of protein for 1/4 cup. It tastes AMAZING. I actually don't miss breadcrumbs anymore. I am on a crosstraining nutrition plan though (a bit anal about my eating)

I feel you on the anal eating comment. I'm the same way. I don't like my food to touch each other. Anyways, I'm debating between making this and your chicken francese for dinner on Saturday. They're both making my mouth water!! So far, all your recipes that I've tried, have been delicious!

Gina, thank you so much! I made this tonight after a much-needed home cooked meal day for DBF and myself. It was great and used up leftovers well from our fridge. My always hungry DBF had two plus extra zuccinni and homemade garlic bread and it was the first time he didn't snack after dinner :)

Chicken, zucchini, mozz, lemon, yyuummmmm, great ingredients and ones that I always have on hand! I think I might use provolone when I try though because I sometimes feel as if mozz gets "lost" when paired with many other items. Your thoughts?

Hey there. I make a similar recipe with less fat but same flavors. I steam veggies and garlic using a strainer in a pan w a large lid. (cutting out the oil) and salt pepper them after steaming. Then I combine veggies and cheeses when cool. I just combine all including romano without sauteeing (less mess) i also do not put oil in the lemon juice. I do spray w pam olive oil after breading. This is such a tasty meal. I have added leftover raw spinach too

If you do an Iphone app don't forget about us Android users! We'd like an app as well. Been using your website weekly. Always looking for great, healthy food with "real" ingredients. Passed it on to my friends as well. Keep making our mouths water, Gina!

These look so yummy. However, my husband hates all cheese. Do you think I can still make this without the cheese or will they not stay together. If there's another substitue for the cheese I'm all ears. Thanks!

Looks and sounds so good! Will be making it next week. One question though, my hubby doesn't like zucchini so I'm curious how much the flavor of it you can taste? if it isn't too strong, I may just sneak it in ;) Gina what do you think?

these are SOOOOO delicoius! mine didn't look as pretty as yours, but they sure tasted good! I had about a dozen cherry tomatoes sitting in my fridge so I chopped them and added them to the filling, but they really didn't add much (aside from color). I served with some pasta in a very simple, organic tomato sauce and it was perfect. thank you...this one's a keeper!

I found these yesterday and went straight home and made them. I didn't have zucchini so I used yellow squash instead-just as good! Though not as pretty. Also I pounded the chicken out so it would be a little thinner and each serving would be longer and cook faster. This recipe is SO DELICIOUS. I can't believe it's only 4 points! Your website is my diet's saving grace!!

I made this for dinner tonight and it was amazing! The only thing I didn't have on hand was the mozzarella, so I used cheddar instead. Still yummy! I don't follow weight watchers, but I enjoy making healthy meals for my family. I use your recipes at least once or twice a week, if not more!!! Thank you for sharing :)

LY--This looks amazing and I can't wait to try it. One question though...I have very little experience cooking but I'm trying. How do you prepare the cutlets? Do you just use a raw chicken breast and roll the zuccini-cheese mix? I imagine that is why a few has suggested pounding it to soften it and make it easier to roll? Thanks!

You succeed again!! I came across this one today and said to my hubs - this is a must being that I had all the ingredients in my house. It was delicious! Truly, thank you for always giving a healthy alternative and spicing up a menu? Cookbook????

This was delicious! This will definately be made again in my house. I used the thin boneless chicken breasts and they came out so moist and flavorfull. This was the first time I've ever used the olive oil/lemon juice combo. Your website has become my go-to place for dinners now! I've been sharing your site with everyone! Thanks:)

WOW!!!!!! I made these for dinner last night and impressed my mom, dad, & husband with the yummiest zucchini dish they ever had. I pounded the chicken thin with my new meat pounder (excellent fun!). For those who haven't tried this dish yet, WHAT are you waiting for???? Even the leftovers are awesome. I will be making these again as soon as I can get my hands on more zucchini.

I have a question, not relating to this recipe - Gina have you changed anything on your website - I like to save your recipes in a special file on my computer; and have been doing so up until recently, I normally copy the recipe, open it in Word; delete the pictures etc., and save just the recipe; now when I do that I get a 'miniscule' copy of the page and that's it. Do you have any suggestions? I just love your recipes, have been using your recipes at least twice a week, Fabulous.

I can't wait to make these tonight! One question, they only had turkey cutlets at my grocery store. Would you cook for the same amount of time? Probably a silly question, but I'm not that handy in the kitchen! :) Thanks and love all of your stuff!

I made this tonight. They didn't look quite as pretty, BUT the taste was incredible and my husband was shocked I made something so wonderful! I made four cutlets and we finished 3. I can't wait till lunch tomorrow.

Greetings Gina,I'll be making this for tonight's dinner and I wanted to know if you peel the zucchini before shredding it? Your delicious recipes have been a big hit with my family, and I'm sure this will be too :o)

Hi Gina,I was the anon that asked abt the dairy substitute and u sed to use onions. It came out amazing but i kinda cheated a little and added a sprinkle of onion soup mix to the zucchini onion mix to give it the missing cheese flavor and the lemon oil is the perfect complementary flavor thank u so much!

This was soooo good. My picky husband and 3 children loved it! Will be making this recipe many more times!! :)

Also, just have to say I found this website when searching for a low fat choc chip cookie (I've tried many and yours is BY FAR the best!). I enjoy baking since staying home but noticed a couple unwanted lbs take up residence on my legs. Consequently I've been on a mission to find healthy but still yummy recipes- so glad I found this site! Now I use all the recipes, not just baking ones. Every one I try is awesome, I'm never disappointed! Everyone always requests recipes (many asked the choc chip one for our next church cookbook, is that possible as long as I put the link to here on top?) so I finally put a link to here on my facebook page. Love it, please don't ever stop! :)

I made this meal last night, and we all loved it! I ended adding just a few table spoons of fresh home made tomato sauce to the zucchini mixture. This is one of my favorite meals on this site now! SO SO SO GOOD!

Made ths last night and the boys loved it! Saturday night we made the Asian Turkey meatballs which we also absolutely loved, my son even asked for 2nds :) Tonight I am trying your Baked Chicken with Dijon and Lime. My pantry needs to be stocked up in more spices :) Some ingredients we can't get here in Australia, so a little experimenting will be done. Thanks for a great website, dinners just got exciting again!

I normally don't make an 'untried' dish for company; but based on all the rave reviews, I did this one last night; all I can say is WOW. I made the filling the nite before; and had the topping all prepared, so all I had to do was roll them up, and finish them off. A real keeper. Thank you Gina

I made these tonight-substituted broccoli for the zucchini, cheddar for the mozzarella b/c it's what I had in, and threw in some small red potatoes that I had bought at the farmer's market-absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for your recipes. My goal is to make them every night!

I made these tonight. And they were hit with the whole family. I used whole chicken breasts instead of cutlets and it was absolutely amazing! I'll definitely be making these again! Thanks for the awesome recipes!

I am making this dish right now and I am finding a few problems with the instructions. Maybe I am being to picky because it seems like everyone else just got it.

First it says "In a large skillet, heat oil on medium-high heat." How much oil? In the ingredients you have 1 tsp and 1 tbsp listed so which do I use to coat the chicken and which do I use to cook up the garlic and zucchini?

Then it says "Combine breadcrumbs and grated cheese in one bowl" Is this the shredded mozzarella? Am I suppose to divide it and only put part inside? Or is this the parmesan?

I've made this twice and it's been a big hit. I added a big handful of fresh spinach coarsely chopped and sauteed it along with the zucchini mixture. I also used my microplane to grate the lemon peel before juicing my lemon and added to the lemon/oil mix. Super good and so healthy. Thanks!

This recipe is amazing! I am gluten-free and have just discovered a ton of recipes on your site that I plan to adjust.

For this, I just used glutenfree bread crumbs, they are plain so I mixed them with Italian seasoning, garlic powder and a little bit of parsley.

For cooking I usually use white rice flour when the purpose is thickening. When I'm baking I use Bobs Red Mill all purpose GF flour with the appropriate amount of xanthan gum. I am going to try the baked mac and cheese (GF) of course so I'll post a comment on that for other GF readers!

Once again the ST recipe rocked! DH loved it of course - I mean come on, he got cheesy, breaded goodness - what wasn't to love?

I followed the instructions exactly this time except, as always, I sauteed in Pam. These browned up beautifully and were cooked perfectly.

Once again I halved the recipe and it was perfect. I have to say, your quantities and cooking temps/times are calculated so well. Recipes don't always half easily and so far every one of yours I have tried did.

Gina,I love love love this recipe and all the recipes I have tried from your site. I have made these 3x and my husband has said it is now his favorite thing I cook...surpassed his previous favorite chicken casserole which was full of unhealthy stuff (sour cream, cheese, butter!). Planning to make the lentil and chicken soup tonight. Thanks so much for all your hard work and dedication to bringing healthy recipes to the masses!

I just made this recipe last night and it was the hit of the year in my house! My kids absolutely loved it and let me tell you what, so did I! This recipe is going to become a staple in my rotation...and the possibilities are endless, you could make tons of different kinds of filling for the chicken! Thank you Gina for another hit recipe :)

Made this for dinner tonight and it was awesome. My husband can't have gluten so I made breadcrumbs for the first time from a gluten free (Udi's) hot dog bun we had on hand. Othen than that I followed the recipe as written. Turned out great and is going in the made again folder. Thank you!

I made this last week and my husband loved it so much he already wants me to make it again tonight. So delicious. Thanks to you I have lost 22 pound, and am 3 pounds from being in the healthy category in 10 years.

Loved this recipe! Made it for a dinner party and everyone was shocked at how good I could cook! I substituted spinach for zucchini since I was unable to find any in my local food store. Still came out awesome! This is my new favorite site!

This was delicious! I did have to use toothpicks in the chicken. I actually couldn't find thin cut chicken breasts, so I had to cut them myself and use a mallet...and I think they just weren't thin enough. But it was a hit! The melty cheesy goodness was amazing! Thanks for another great recipe!

Gina - I have been meaning to post a comment to this recipe for a few months now. I have made these now 3 or 4 times, and OMG...AMAZING. I am all about healthy cooking (always have been) and so me finding your website was like striking it rich in a gold mine! My family loves this dish (even my 1 1/2 year old granddaughter) and everyone I have made it for cannot BELIEVE it is cooked with weight watchers in mind. Now I just have to master the art of thinning out my chicken (cannot ever seem to find thin-sliced chicken cutlets in my grocery store!!!). Alas...some of the filling does fall out during the cooking process, but I am quick to scoop it up and add it to my plate! ha ha You are incredible. Can't wait to start a garden in the spring. Zucchini is going to be MASS PRODUCED!

Made this last night and it was great!! The chicken cutlets cook so fast, though! I think next time I'll pull them out a few minutes early. Maybe it's my oven! And since I'm not WW (but always looking for healthy recipes) I'll probably increase the stuffing just a little :-p

LOVED this recipe!! Even my boyfriend, who is not a veggie lover, devoured it. AND since the zucchini was so cleverly disguised, I got him to eat another veggie as a side dish. LOL. I will DEFINITELY make this again!

Hi GinaI was a Skinny Taste virgin until tonight. these were just absolutely devine and I can't wait to get stuck into some of your other recipes.Top Tip : I rolled mine and wrapped them in silver foil before putting the breadcrumbs on as I was preparing them ahead. You get a really good firm shape by doing this so look great when they are cooked :) Good enough for a Dinner Party x

I love all of your recipes! Thank you for including WW points! So helpful! I just have a question for this recipe- how are the points+ for this 4/serving if a 3oz piece of chicken alone is 3? Thanks again, so much. Absolutely delicious!

I loved this recipe, just made it last night. I found a recipe for artisan bread and baked my own bread too. Plus I pinned this onto my pinterest board. I have to say your blog has inspired me to cook. I love the nutrition facts you provide, and I have prepared 5 meals from this blog since I started my cooking kick, oh about 5 days ago, lol! Thank you!

Made these tonight and they turned out great. I did increase the portion size of the chicken to 4 oz which increased the points to 6 per piece of chicken in the recipe builder. Served it with a salad and a roll and it was plenty of food. I did add some already sautéed mushrooms to the zucchini mixture, that was a hit. Thinking of adding some diced sun-dried tomatoes next time. My three year old ate it up!

Made these last night. Very tasty & easy. I did add some onion, mushrooms & yellow squash to the garlic, cheese, zucchini mixture...very flavorful. And really enjoyed the olive oil/lemon wash. Thanks for all the great recipes, I look forward to your daily mail!

These were SO amazing. I honestly have never cooked with zucchini before because I had no idea how (Im only a couple years into the married and cooking game lol) and WOW I almost ate all the zucchini before I could roll it up in the chicken, it was SOO good. I got a bunch of zucchini yesterday so I could use it prepared to eat as a veggie side without even rolling it up in the chicken. SOOO good

We've made these a couple of times now, and they're our favorite of the Skinnytaste rollatinis. With only two of us, though, we wind up with lots of leftovers!

Tonight, we reheated one in the microwave on 1/2 power, then sliced it thin and put it on a simple salad of artisan lettuce, scallions, cucumbers, and black sesame seeds. I topped mine with a 50/50 mix of Vidalia onion dressing with dijon mustard; it was delightful, and a perfect "summer" supper on an 83 degree day!

I just made this for the first time and it is an amazing dish!! My family loved it. I had a hard time keeping them rolled and the zucchini mixture inside while I was dipping it in the oil/lemon, so I did that as a first step; dipped the chicken in the lemon/oil, added the zucchini mixture, rolled and then put in the breadcrumbs. Other than that, I followed to a tee and it was great. Thank you for the wonderful recipe. It is the first one I tried and I can't wait to try more.

so I forgot the grated cheese and instead used breadcrumbs...also hubby hates zucchini so I used spinach and threw in some chic peas...cannot wait to try it! Also had breasts and sliced them next time I will get the thin sliced ones...

These were amazing. We were out of parm and Romano so I mixed in a bit of cream cheese with the mozzarella. And we topped with panko because that's what we had on hand. Can't wait to have leftovers for lunch tomorrow!

Gina, seriously. These are to die for. The lemon juice is PERFECTION. New family favorite. I keep the ingredients on hand at all times. I love that your recipes are healthy but they never taste like it. Thank you!

I just made this for dinner and can't get over how delicious it is! It's simply amazing. The filling is so tasty and keeps the chicken moist. It's not heavily breaded and you don't waste points using egg and a binder or coating.

In the oven right now! OMG smells so good. I forgot to add the cheese in the mixture before stuffing them, which is OK because mine are a little overstuffed I think, anyway, I figure I will add the cheese to the top in the last 5 minutes. Also, I added about 2 tbsp of French Fried Onions to the breadcrumbs. I'm guessing that it will only add a point at most to these and hoping the flavor comes through.

I stopped at a local farmer's market today and bought a bunch of zucchini. I was thrilled to find this recipe on your site. It was fantastic. The lemon and olive oil mixture was such a nice change and added so much flavor. My husband isn't a huge fan of zucchini but he said he wanted me to add this to the rotation! Thank you for another amazing recipe!

I made these for my boyfriend last night and he literally picked the cooking pan clean of cheese and zucchini afterwards. It was one of the best dishes I have ever had (and cooked!). Thank you for the wonderful recipe - it was delicious! :)

Another great recipe! Didn't change a single thing and they came out perfect. My boyfriend licked his plate clean. Next time I will try to fit in a little more stuffing to each chicken. It was amazingly delicious!

This dish was so amazing! I followed the recipe exactly, and they were perfection! Mom and I just REjoined WW and your site is especially helpful. I tell everyone about your site!! I had leftovers during the week, and each day...it seemed to get EVEN tastier!! Thanks!

I made this for dinner last night and it was so good! I omitted the Romano/Parmesan because I am following the blood type diet (I'm an A+) and can only have mozzarella. My husband loved this, too! I really love your blog and plan to try lots of your recipes ;)

I made this for dinner tonight for my family of four and it was delicious! I followed the recipe exactly and although I wasn't sure how the zucchini would taste, it gave it a really nice texture. I was pleasantly surprised and my husband and daughters ate every morsel. I paired it with linguini tossed with olive, garlic and parmesean cheese. Very good. Thank you so much for this website and recipes. It's a great way to have healthier meals that actually taste great.

I made this for my husband for dinner last night & got the best response - there was no talking at the dinner table. Just eating this delicious recipe. Will definitely make again!! Thanks for a great way to use zucchini.

I followed the directions correctly.... I think. The taste was good but it didn't turn out the way I had hoped. Probably user error. The filling is so delicious but I only had enough for one tbs per cutlet instead of three.. As for the cutlets, I had two chicken breasts that I butterflied then cut in half leaving me with eight pieces. I pounded them flat too. Sadly, my breadcrumbs never got crispy. They were sad and soggy unlike the beautiful, golden look of Gina's. No hum.

This recipe is DELICIOUS!! I had a really hard time rolling them..so I layered like a casserole, turned out amazing! Dinner and a couple days worth of lunches! :) Your site is GREAT! Everything I have made (about 6 things so far) is really good! Thanks!!

I made this for dinner last night and it was AMAZING! But since I had such a huge zucchini, I also made the zucchini tots (and forgot to wring out the zucchini - D'OH!). I'll definately be making this again.

I'm a little confused about what shredded cheese to add to the breadcrumbs... do you use Romano or Mozzarella? Also, how much do you combine to the breadcrumbs in comparison to the Zucchini/Romano mix?

You use Romano OR Parmesan 1/4 cup (I used parm because it's what I had on hand) AND mozzarella to mix into the zucchini/garlic saute, then you add the Romano OR Parmesan (whichever you chose) to the bread crumb mix. The way the recipe is written I believe it calls for 2Tbsp in the bread crumb mix, but I just sprinkled some in without measuring.